Activity 5: Exercises sound long and short vowels

Activity 5.1: Read the words and write the sound of the vowels. Look at the example. (Use he
pronunciation chart).

1. sad / æ / 4. bitter / / 8. carry / /

Activity 5.2: Circle the words that include these sounds

SOUND 1 2 3 4 5

/i:/ keep night lit late fry

/I/ feet sit night keen sigh

/e/ gate feel bell grass fade

/ə/ book street name father sun

/æ/ late cat laugh best tea

Activity 5.3: Pronounce the following words to put in the correct box according to the
underlined sound. You can use your dictionary after to check your answer.
stamp turn asleep
flood teacher flat
system does sleep
busy path flew
poor hot said
shoe steam should
shirt cough
wood heart
saw bread

sheep /i:/ ship /I/ bed /e/ bad / æ / father /a:/ bird /ɜ:/

pot / ɒ / put / ʊ / boot / u:/ cut / ʌ/ camera / ə / caught / ɔ:/

Activity 5.4: Watch the video “Spellings: iː ɪ ʊ uː”, and choose the vowel sound (iː ɪ ʊ uː) that
we have underlined in each word.

1. soon D. ɪ
A. iː
B. uː 4. pretty
C. ɪ
D. ʊ
A. ʊ
B. uː
2. to C. ɪ 6. three
D. iː
A. ɪ
B. uː A. uː
5. sit B. iː
C. ʊ
D. iː C. ɪ
A. uː D. ʊ
B. ʊ
3. me C. ɪ 7. pull
D. iː
A. ʊ
B. iː A. uː
C. uː B. ʊ
 C. ɪ 8. team B. uː
D. iː C. ɪ
A. uː D. ʊ
B. ʊ
C. ɪ 10. grew
D. iː
A. iː
9. good B. ɪ
C. ʊ
A. iː D. uː

Activity 5.5: Watch the video “Spellings: æ ʌ aː ɒ” and choose the vowel sound (iː ɪ ʊ uː) that
we have underlined in each word.

1. heart C. ʌ
A. ɒ D. aː
B. aː
C. ʌ
D. æ
7. some
2. path A. æ
A. æ B. ʌ
B. ɒ C. aː
C. aː D. ɒ
D. ʌ 8. cut
A. aː
3. arm B. ʌ
A. ɒ C. æ
B. æ D. ɒ
C. ʌ 9. animal
D. aː A. æ
B. ʌ
C. aː
D. ɒ
4. couple 10. chat
A. ɒ A. æ
B. æ B. aː
C. ʌ C. ʌ
D. aː D. ɒ

5. trough
A. aː
B. ɒ
C. æ
D. ʌ

6. hot
A. æ
B. ɒ